Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Thursday, July 11, 2013: Single Fathers on Rise Allow Google, Microsoft to disclose national security order data: rights groups US legal sector loses 3,600 jobs in June Polygamy, exploitation charges considered in Bountiful case Walmart Threatens To Shut
Continue readingDefending Public Healthcare: Ontario: 6.1 fewer hours of care per hospital patient
The real costs for the average hospital acute care patient are declining. As noted yesterday this is true for both Ontario and Canada, based on data just released from the Canadian Institute for Health Information. But the CIHI data also revealed other interesting trends, likely related. Administrative Costs Decline: Administrative costs continue their long
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Star Readers Opine On Harper’s Self-Reported Ignorance (I Didn’t Do It) And Mike Duffy’s Avarice
Some days, all I have to do is open my newspaper for my blog post. Today is one of those days. Enjoy. Harper kept public in dark, July 6 When the stuff hits the fan, “plausible deniability” allows politicians to say, “I didn’t know; no-one told me.” This is what
Continue readingA Blog By James Curran: Christy Clark……WINNER
And that’s how it’s done folks.
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A Blog By James Curran: Christy Clark……WINNER
And that’s how it’s done folks.
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Pro-Choice Republicans?
Oh right, its only bad for dudes to get their autonomy infringed on. So sorry double XXers. Filed under: Feminism Tagged: Abortion, Pro Life is Pro Misogyny
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Back To The 19th Century
This week Stephen Harper indicated once again that he wants to return this country and its citizens to the19th century. Bob Hepburn writes in the Toronto Star: The latest slap at Canada’s independent image came this week when the Harper government announced our army will be tossing out the Canadian-style
Continue readingAutonomy For All: The 0.01% Oppose Renewable Energy Because You Can’t Suck Rents From It
It doesn’t get much more naked than this (AP): A political group founded by billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch wants Georgia’s utility regulators to reject a plan requiring Southern Co. to buy more solar energy, but an Associated Press review ahead of a vote on the issue finds that
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Ask General Kang: Do you pardon your followers, even if they did something wrong?
I would never pardon a follower if they did ME wrong, but if they made a “mistake” and were then penalized by the legal community, I might decide to save them from doing prison time — particularly if they’re a … Continue reading →
Continue readingScott's DiaTribes: Nostalgia can be taken to the extreme
I’m a history buff – in particular a Canadian history buff, so I didn’t mind the Conservatives were trying hard (and still are trying hard) to get Canadians to pay attention to the history of The War of 1812 and how it led eventually to the formation of Canada, but
Continue readingCanadian Dimension | Articles: Quebec’s Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster not just tragedy, but corporate crime
Five days after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, the rural town resembles a scene of desolation. Its downtown is a charred sacrifice zone. 50 people are likely dead, making the train’s toll one of the worst disasters in recent Canadian history. In the explosion’s
Continue readingCanadian Dimension Feed: Quebec’s Lac-Mégantic oil train disaster not just tragedy, but corporate crime
Five days after a train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, the rural town resembles a scene of desolation. Its downtown is a charred sacrifice zone. 50 people are likely dead, making the train’s toll one of the worst disasters in recent Canadian history. In the explosion’s
Continue readingMorton's Musings: Disposition costs in valuing family assets
Willie v. Willie, 2013 BCCA 318 deals with the often confusing issue of when disposition costs ought to be considered in valuing family assets. The British Columbia court said in valuing family assets, costs of disposition should not be deducted if they are hypothetical or speculative, and thus unlikely to
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Emails Undeleted
Hard to figure out exactly what’s going on here, at least for me. Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian’s statement suggests that Ministry of Government Services staff found the long-gone emails, put does not get more specific than that. If I were to guess, I’d guess that the original computer advice she
Continue readingThe Sir Robert Bond Papers: Highly Diffused Government #nlpoli
By now, plenty of people in Newfoundland and Labrador have likely heard finance minister Jerome Kennedy’s comments about his party’s last election platform. “You used the word promise,” Kennedy said to the Telegram’s James McLeod. “I’m not sure that the Blue Book can be described as a promise.” Kennedy said
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Yet Another Disaster You Probably Haven’t Heard Of
The Eastmain fire is the largest wildfire in Canada since 1959, and is almost as big as all the wildfires that have burned in the US so far this year. Forecasts for the area show warm temperatures continuing for at least another 5 days, so the fire is likely to
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: B.C. Premier Christy Clark wins Westside-Kelowna, returns to legislature
by: Obert Madondo | Twitter: @Obiemad: Premier Christy Clark. (Photo: via Facebook) Christy Clark got what she desperately needed to remain premier of British Columbia: a seat in the provincial legislature. Clark convincingly won Wednesday’s by-election in the riding of Westside-Kelowna over NDP challenger Carole Gordon. Clark was rejected by voters in her
Continue readingNorthern Insight: David Hardon, R.I.P.
An old friend passed a while ago. I’m sad about that and full of regret that we went separate ways long ago and never reconnected. Dave Hardon wasn’t famous outside the BC film industry but he truly was one of its most significant builders. He was a film lab manager
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